> There's a good chance your drive is dead. But try changing the
> permissions. It might just be that you don't "own" the drive.
>
> Check the ownership info using `ls -la`
> If the owner is root, change it to your user with
> `sudo chown youruser:youruser /path/to/drivemount -R`
>
>
> On 12/19/18 8:52 AM, Michael wrote:
> > nevermind.... I just didn't wait long enough.
> >
> > but this time I get a different error:
> >
> > $ cp ~/Desktop/* /media/bmike1/009598a2-cbbe-4970-abd0-f75f3c4de28a
> > cp: cannot create regular file
> >
> '/media/bmike1/009598a2-cbbe-4970-abd0-f75f3c4de28a/google-chrome.desktop':
> > Permission denied
> > cp: cannot create regular file
> > '/media/bmike1/009598a2-cbbe-4970-abd0-f75f3c4de28a/Link to 2017.kmy':
> > Permission denied
> > cp: cannot create regular file
> > '/media/bmike1/009598a2-cbbe-4970-abd0-f75f3c4de28a/Link to
> > Contacted.ods': Permission denied
> > cp: cannot create regular file
> > '/media/bmike1/009598a2-cbbe-4970-abd0-f75f3c4de28a/Link to
> > Earnings2018.ods': Permission denied
> > cp: cannot create regular file
> > '/media/bmike1/009598a2-cbbe-4970-abd0-f75f3c4de28a/Link to
> > Earnings2019.ods': Permission denied
> > cp: cannot create regular file
> > '/media/bmike1/009598a2-cbbe-4970-abd0-f75f3c4de28a/Link to Workflow':
> > Permission denied
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 10:14 PM Michael <bmike1@gmail.com
> > <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > I remembered what the command is: mkfs
> > But I enter the command and:
> > $ sudo mkfs -text4 /dev/sdc
> > mke2fs 1.42.13 (17-May-2015)
> > Creating filesystem with 15436800 4k blocks and 3866624 inodes
> > Filesystem UUID: 009598a2-cbbe-4970-abd0-f75f3c4de28a
> > Superblock backups stored on blocks:
> > 32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632,
> 2654208,
> > 4096000, 7962624, 11239424
> >
> > Allocating group tables: done
> > Writing inode tables: done
> > Creating journal (32768 blocks): done
> > Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information:
> >
> > and it just sits there as if it is waiting for a variable.
> > What should I do?
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 8:57 AM Michael <bmike1@gmail.com
> > <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > I left click on it (why didn't I think of that) and format it
> > but it does not allow me to copy to it. I then tried with tty
> > and it says 'permission denied'. Another thing, it does not take
> > the label I assign to it.
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 2:37 AM Jim <jim.nantz15@comcast.net
> > <mailto:jim.nantz15@comcast.net>> wrote:
> >
> > My mistake. I meant lower right. Any idea why that wouldn't
> > work for Mike?
> >
> > On 12/18/18 12:36 AM, Jim wrote:
> >>
> >> I have KDE on this dinosaur and I have no trouble
> >> formatting them. i plug it in, then wait for the window
> >> that pops up in the lower left telling me my options. I
> >> don't mount it. I open Gparted or the KDE disk utility
> >> and format it. If that doesn't work for Michael, I would
> >> wonder if something's wrong with his system.
> >>
> >> On 12/17/18 10:50 PM, Dhruva Lokegaonkar wrote:
> >>> If you're on Gnome (latest Ubuntu/ Fedora) then you can use
> >>> gnome-disk-utility. (It's probably just called "Disks" on
> your computer.)
> >>>
> >>> Click on the thumb drive on the left menu, then click on
> the partition
> >>> on the right side. (I'm guessing there's only one). Make
> sure its
> >>> highlighted. Then Press Control+Shift+F.
> >>>
> >>> Give it a name in "Volume Name"
> >>> Make sure Erase is turned off. (Erase will do a in-depth
> wipe, which
> >>> takes very long)
> >>> Then select "For use with all systems and devices (FAT)"
> and click next.
> >>> (I've attached a screenshot)
> >>>
> >>> I'm guessing the rest is self explanatory. I don't have a
> pen drive
> >>> handy and I don't want to format my drive haha.
> >>>
> >>> If you want to do this from the Command line
> >>> Use `lsblk` to list all your connected drives and check
> which drive you
> >>> want to format. Then check again. and again to make sure.
> >>> Then copy the device path. (Something like /dev/sdb1) and
> execute
> >>> `sudo mkfs.fat -F 32 /dev/sdb1`
> >>> change sdb1 to whatever your drive is.
> >>> Make sure its the right drive though.
> >>>
> >>> On 12/18/18 8:07 AM, Michael wrote:
> >>>> I thought I would be able to do it without help but I
> guess I was wrong.
> >>>> I got a thumbdrive that I want to format. gparted will
> not do it. Anyone
> >>>> able to help?
> >>>>
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